Building Deep Tech with Ilir Aliu
By Ilir Aliu
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Episodes: 80
Description
The show for founders building real deep tech.
Each episode features founders, executives, and builders in AI, robotics, and hardware — breaking down how they build, scale, and learn.
We talk about systems, mistakes, GTM strategy, funding lessons, and how to move from research to traction.
Hosted by Ilir Aliu from 22Astronauts.
Whether you’re building now or just curious — tune in.
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Ep 80 | You Will Die If You Don’t Do It (w/ Bob van Luijt)
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep 79 | Calm Down, Slow It All Down, Let Clarity Emerge (w/ Vikash Kumar)
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Ep 78 | Don't Start With A Whiteboard, Talk To Customers (w/Brennand Pierce)
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Ep 77 | If Other People Can Do It, Why Not Us? (w/ Aaron Tan)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep 76 | Fear and Pressure Fade When Joy Takes Over (w/ Brendah Njiru)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Ep 75 | We Should Scale It Up Ourselves (w/ Lerrel Pinto)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Ep 74 | Why Early Corporate Experience Is Valuable for Entrepreneurs (w/ Benji Barash)
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Ep 73 | Learn It Yourself Before Hiring for Expertise (w/ Madison Maxey)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep 72 | Found the perfect track, combining science and design (w/ Matthieu Lapeyre)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Ep 71 | The Team Ends Up Like Charting the Path Too (w/ Kaan Dogrusoz)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ep 70 | Real Confidence Comes From The Work (w/ Benjamin Bolte)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Ep 69 | You can really build things with a small team (w/ Nikolaus West)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep 68: Personal Agency and Shaping One's Own Life (w/Chang Liu)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep 67: Doing Plan A to Do B Doesn’t Work (w/ Dhanush Radhakrishnan)
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Ep 66 | Ship One New Product Every Week Until Something Sticks (w/ Tibo Louis-Lucas)
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May 21, 2025 |
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Ep 65 | The Failing Part is Not Very Valuable if You Don't Learn (w/ Victor Splittgerber)
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep 64 | Degrees and Job Doesn't Matter - What Matters Is Being True (w/ Haixuan Xavier Tao)
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep 63 | At the Start, Fundamental Knowledge Matters Most (w/ Dmitrii Rudnitckii)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep 62 | Physical AI Has a Data Problem (w/ Pedro Milcent)
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ep 61 | Bad feedback is the most important feedback (w/ Nicolas Rabault)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Ep 60 | Once You Know What You Want to Do, Life Gets Easier (w/ Eris Sako)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep 59 | Most Important Thing: The Ability To Get Shit Done (w/ Etienne Lacroix)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ep 58 | Find the Right Co-Founder... It’s Everything (w/ Sandor Felber)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Ep 57 | A True Master Is An Eternal Student (w/ Ryan Saavedra)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ep 56 | You Should Know Why You’re Doing It (w/ Antoine Van Malleghem)
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep 55 | Just keep on building and you’ll figure out what you want. (w/ Frédéric Legrand)
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ep 54 | Work hard, make it fail less and get better (w/ Sankaet Pathak)
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Ep 53 | Make Bionic Limbs Accessible To Humans & Robots (w/Aadeel Akhtar)
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Ep 52 | Building Autonomous Household Robots (w/ Usman Roshan)
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep 51 | Don't Found a Startup Without Decade-Long Passion (w/ Adrian Macneil)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Ep 50 | Resilience Is Born From Struggle and Grit (w/Nikolai Ensslen)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep 49 | Build Great Tech & Also Lay Foundations for What's Next (w/ Sanjeev Sharma)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ep 48 | Go To The Shop Floor & Talk To More People (w/ Fotis Dimeas)
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Ep 47 | Co-Elevation & Healthy Challenging (w/ Robert MacKenzie)
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Ep 46 | Success is a Team Effort (w/ Christian Piechnick)
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Ep 45 | The Value of Fixing and Building (w/ Miika Satori)
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Ep 44 | Bringing Robots Into Your Home (w/ Mehul Nariyawala)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Ep 43 | From Curiosity to Creation (w/ Kelsey Pool)
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Ep 42 | When to Pivot, Make Bold Decisions & Take Action (w/ Brandon King)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Ep 41 | From Research to Robotics Industry (w/ Christian Löchte)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Ep 40 | Revolutionizing Sensors for Robotics (w/ Klajd Lika)
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep 39| Power of Perseverance (w/ Rutav Shah)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep 38 | Focusing on One Problem at a Time (w/ Nima Gard)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Ep 37 | The Future of Open-Source Robotics (w/ Petar Crnjak)
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Ep 36 | Robotics Software Engineering & ROS (w/ Aryan Jagushte)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep 35 | Humanoids to be part of people’s everyday life (w/Haoru Xue)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep 34 | Focus on the problems (w/ Klas Nilsson)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ep 33 | Why Perseverance is Key (w/ Vladimir Baranov)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep 32 | Enjoy Years of Hard Work (w/ Jacopo Tani)
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep 31 | AI, AR, AV and Robots (w/ Robert Scoble)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep 30 | Philosophy, AI and Robots (w/ Ronnie Vuine)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep 29 | Starting Le Robot @ Hugging Face (w/ Remi Cadene)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep 28 | Hands-On Learning: Building Over Books (w/ Ali Ahmed)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep 27 | Life Is Not A Race (w/ Mathias Mantelli)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Ep 26 | ROS, R&D in Robotics (w/ Shubham Nadi)
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep 25 | Cars, Wood and AI Robots (w/ Abhinav Das)
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Ep 24 | Embodied AGI: Less Than $10,000 (w/ Matt Freed)
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Ep 23 | AR, Drones and Humanoids (w/ Lingkang Zhang)
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Ep 22 | 3D/XR Rech & Robotics (w/ Dr. Eike Schäffer)
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Ep 21 | No-Code Robotics (w/ Daryl Lim)
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May 30, 2024 |
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Ep 20 | AI-Powered Entrepreneurship (w/ Alex Enache)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep 19 | How to Become a Self-Taught Robotics Software Engineer (w/ Chandandeep Singh)
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep 18 | Bridging Robotics and Cultures (w/ Robert Liebhart)
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep 17 | Technical Sales With Heart (w/ Robert Vogel)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep 16 | How to Get AI into Manufacturing (w/ Aymeric de Pontbriand)
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep 15 | How to Bootstrap a Humanoid Robotics Startup (w/ Ian Pritchard)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep 14 | Open-Source Humanoids (w/ Rob Knight & Trent Shumay)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Ep 13 | Helping Latinas in STEM (w/ Jesica Chavez)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ep 12 | How to Innovate a Robotics Giant (w/ Jürgen Blume)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep 11 | Take the Risk of Failure (w/ Jens Kotlarski)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep 10 | Robots That Learn and Help (w/ Chris Paxton)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Ep 9 | How to Find Your Path in Robotics (w/ Akshet Patel)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep 8 | Overcoming Obstacles in Engineering Abroad (w/ Akshet Patel)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Ep 7 | The Best Way To Become A Roboticist (w/ John Vial)
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Ep 6 | Pioneering AI Robotics in Manufacturing (w/ Tobias Rietzler)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Ep 5 | Women in Robotics (w/ Vanessa Loiola)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Ep 4 | Apps & Robotics- Digital to Physical (w/ Trent Shumay)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ep 3 | The Importance of User-Friendly Interfaces (w/ Eric Rosen)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep 2 | Open-Source Robotics - Access for All (w/ Rob Knight)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ep 1 | Give Unexpectancy Room (w/ Andreas Bihlmaier)
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Jan 04, 2024 |